Calai
She forgot her empire. He never forgot her.
Lana Marcone was only four years old when her world was torn apart.
After her parents were brutally murdered in a massacre that shook Valdoria's Five Families, she was rescued by Don Emilio Vitale, the most powerful man in the alliance and the sworn brother of her late father. Bound by an unbreakable promise, Emilio raised Lana as his own daughter, determined to protect both the child and the legacy her parents died to preserve.
But not everyone welcomed her into the Vitale family.
As Lana struggled to find her place in a home that never truly accepted her, unseen enemies quietly set a conspiracy into motion, one that had begun the night her parents were killed.
Eighteen years later, on the eve of a historic Council of Five gathering, Don Emilio is finally ready to reveal a secret that could change the future of the alliance.
He never gets the chance.
An explosion rips through the council hall.
The King survives.
Lana disappears.
Before the smoke clears, the empire has already chosen its traitor.
Accused of betraying the man who raised her, Lana becomes the most wanted woman in Valdoria.
Five years later, she is living under another name, with no memory of the life she left behind. She no longer remembers the empire that once called her its future, the father who chose her, or the man who never stopped searching for her.
But the past refuses to stay buried.
As forgotten memories begin to return, Lana realizes that the greatest secret threatening the Five Families was never hidden in a vault or locked inside forgotten files.
It has been buried inside her all along.
And when the Queen remembers... an empire built on lies will finally fall.
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